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Balkans floods: Death toll rises

Mon 19 May 2014

A woman cries after being evacuated from her flooded house in the town of Obrenovac, southwest of Belgrade in Serbia. The heaviest rains and floods in more than a century have hit Bosnia and Serbia, killing 44 people, forcing thousands out of their homes and cutting off entire towns. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters

An aerial view of the flooded city of Brcko in Bosnia. On Sunday, Russian cargo planes and rescue teams from around Europe joined huge volunteer aid efforts in swathes of Serbia and Bosnia where at least 44 people have died in the worst floods in over a century. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters

Serbian army soldiers evacuate a boy from a flooded house in the town of Obrenovac, southwest of Belgrade. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters

Children cry as they are being evacuated by boat from a flooded house in the town of Obrenovac in Serbia. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters

People stand in their apartments as they wait to be evacuated in the flooded town of Obrenovac, southwest of Belgrade. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters

Firefighters evacuate people on a boat in the flooded town of Obrenovac, Serbia. Soldiers, police and villagers battled to protect power plants in Serbia from rising flood waters on Sunday. Photograph: Antonio Bronic/Reuters

An aerial view of the flooded city of Orasje in Bosnia. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters

Serbian army soldiers evacuate people in a boat in the flooded town of Obrenovac, southwest of Belgrade. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters

People stand on the terrace of their flooded home as they wait to be evacuated in the town of Obrenovac. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters

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People sit in a boat after being evacuated by Serbian army soldiers from their houses in the town of Obrenovac. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters

Evacuees from the Serbian town of Obrenovac take a rest on beds in a shelter hall in Belgrade. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters

Evacuees from the Serbian town of Obrenovac are seen lying on beds in a shelter hall in Belgrade. Two Russian cargo planes carrying food, generators and rescue boats landed in Serbia as part of a relief effort after the worst floods in over a century. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters

Children shoes donated to evacuated people from the Serbian town of Obrenovac are seen in a shelter hall in Belgrade. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters

A boy evacuated from the Serbian town of Obrenovac cries in a shelter hall in Belgrade. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters

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A dog barks at a dead pig in the flooded town of Obrenovac, Serbia. Photograph: Antonio Bronic/Reuters

Serbian army soldiers evacuate an injured man in the flooded town of Obrenovac. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters

Two men stand in the waters in front of their flooded house as they wait to be evacuated in the town of Obrenovac. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters